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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Nursery, February 1873, Vol. XIII. + A Monthly Magazine for Youngest People + +Author: Various + +Release Date: January 31, 2008 [EBook #24475] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NURSERY, FEBRUARY 1873 *** + + + + +Produced by Emmy, Juliet Sutherland and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +</pre> + +<h3>THE</h3> + +<h1>NURSERY</h1> + +<h2><i>A Monthly Magazine</i></h2> + +<h2><span class="smcap">For Youngest Readers.</span></h2> + +<div class='center'>VOLUME XIII.—No. 2<br /> + +<br /><br /> +BOSTON:<br /> +JOHN L. SHOREY, No. 36 BROMFIELD STREET.<br /> +1873.<br /> +</div> + + + + +<div class='center'> +<small>Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873,</small><br /> +<br /> +<small><span class="smcap">By</span> JOHN L. SHOREY,</small><br /> +<br /> +<small>In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.</small><br /> +<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +<br /> +<span class="smcap"><small>Boston:</small><br /> +<small>Rand, Avery, & Co., Stereotypers and Printers.</small></span><br /> +</div> + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/contents.png" width="400" height="208" alt="Contents" title="Contents" /> +</div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="Contents"> +<tr><td align='center' colspan='2'>IN PROSE.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'> </td><td align='center'><small>PAGE.</small></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>The Biography of a Bubble</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_33">33</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>The Story of a Little Duck</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_37">37</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Our Thanksgiving Dinner</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_40">40</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>The Grandpa Story</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_42">42</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Miss Jones's Picture</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_45">45</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Clear the Coast</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_48">48</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Our New Dog</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_50">50</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Bunny</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_52">52</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Dandy the Bear</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_55">55</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Little Mischief</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_57">57</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Too Many Presents</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_61">61</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>The Dog and the Shadow</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='center' colspan='2'>IN VERSE.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'> </td><td align='center'><small>PAGE</small></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Jack's Menagerie</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_36">36</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Jack Frost</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_44">44</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Sue's Seasons</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_47">47</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>The Children's Party</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_54">54</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Jack and Jill (<i>with music</i>)</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_64">64</a></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 300px;"> +<img src="images/illus04.png" width="300" height="146" alt="Decoration: Cherub and birds" title="Decoration: Cherub and birds" /> +</div> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span></p> +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 280px;"> +<img src="images/illus033.jpg" width="280" height="400" alt="THE BIOGRAPHY OF A BUBBLE" title="THE BIOGRAPHY OF A BUBBLE" /> +<span class="caption">THE BIOGRAPHY OF A BUBBLE</span> +</div> + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span></p> + + +<h2>THE BIOGRAPHY OF A BUBBLE.</h2> + + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 94px;"> +<img src="images/t.png" width="94" height="100" alt="T" title="T" /> +</div><div class='unindent'><br />HE papa who writes this biography of a bubble +never wrote a biography before in all his life. +This is his first printed work. Perhaps some +old person will criticise it severely.</div> + +<p>"Why use such big words as 'biography' +and 'criticise'?" this old person may ask. "Are you not +writing for little people? Is not your subject a poor little +bubble that could not have lived longer than three or four +seconds?"</p> + +<p>To which this papa replies: "Old person, do not meddle. +This papa knows what he is about. The little folks understand +very well that a 'biography' is a story of a life; that +to 'criticise' is to find fault; and that a 'critic' is a fault-finder."</p> + +<p>So all critics will please get out of the way, and leave +this papa alone while he writes the biography of a bubble.</p> + +<p>This bubble was born just as the clock struck four, on the +afternoon of the 13th of January, 1873. Its name was +"Diamond."</p> + +<p>"Why, how could a bubble have a name?"</p> + +<p>Now, you just be quiet and patient, and in good time +you shall learn all. Papa had promised his little daughter +Grace, that one of these days he would blow some bubbles +for her amusement.</p> + +<p>Grace reminded him several times of his promise; but +papa was always too busy to attend to it. At last Grace +said, "When will <i>one of these days</i> come?"—"It shall +come now," said papa.</p> + +<p>So he got a pipe, and a bowl of soap-suds; and Grace stood +at his knee while he blew bubbles. Grace was delighted.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span> +"Name them," said she; for papa had named her kittens, +and she thought he could name the bubbles.</p> + +<p>The first one's name was "Sparkle." It was a very big +bubble; but it did not live long. The name of the second +was "Glory." I think it might have lived a second longer +than it did, if Grace had not touched it with her finger.</p> + +<p>The third bubble floated up almost to the ceiling. Its +name was "Napoleon." It rose as bravely as if it had no fear +of breaking. It expired of old age, after reaching the term +of ten seconds and a half.</p> + +<p>At last, just as the clock struck four, little "Diamond" appeared. +She was a delicate little thing, and bright with all +the colors of the rainbow. She was not proud like the other +bubbles. She did not try to mount. Perhaps papa's breath +made her go as she did.</p> + +<p>Grace admired "Diamond" very much. "Why, see, papa! +She is coming to kiss me," said the little girl;—"she is on +my cheek."</p> + +<p>Yes, little "Diamond" ended her life on the cheek of innocence. +What better end could she have had? Was it not +much better than mounting to the cold, white ceiling, and +living to a dull old age, like the big bubble whose name +was Napoleon?</p> + +<div class='sig'> +<span class="smcap">Grace's Papa.</span> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 250px;"> +<img src="images/illus035.png" width="250" height="137" alt="Birdhouse" title="Birdhouse" /> +</div> + + + + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus036.png" width="400" height="304" alt="Menagerie" title="Menagerie" /> +</div> +<h2>JACK'S MENAGERIE.</h2> + + +<div class='poem'> +"<span class="smcap">This</span> is our grand menagerie,<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Beneath the crooked cherry-tree.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">The exhibition now begins:</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Admittance, only thirteen pins;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">And if the pins you cannot borrow,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Why, then, we'll trust you till to-morrow.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Don't be afraid to walk inside:</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">The animals are safely tied.</span><br /> +<br /> +"This is the elephant on the right:<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Don't meddle with him, or he'll bite.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">(He's Rover, Neddie's dog, you know.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">I wish he wouldn't fidget so!</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">He doesn't think it fun to play</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Wild beast, and be chained up all day.)</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">We'll feed him, pretty soon, with meat;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Though grass is what he ought to eat.</span><br /> +<br /> +"In that box are the kangaroos:<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Go near and pat them if you choose;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">(They're very much like Susie's rabbits,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">With just a change of name and habits.)</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">You'll find them lively as a top:</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">See, when I poke them, how they hop.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">They are not fierce; but, oh! take care:</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">We now approach the grizzly bear.</span><br /> +<br /> +"See her long claws, and only hear<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Her awful growl when I go near!</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">We found her lying on a rug,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">And just escaped her fearful hug.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">It took some time to get her caged:</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">She's terrible when she's enraged.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">(You think, perhaps, it's Mabel's cat,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">But don't you be too sure of that!)</span><br /> +<br /> +"Here is the ostrich in her pen<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">(It's Ernest's little bantam-hen):</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">She came from Africa, of course,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">And runs as fast as any horse;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">And up above there is a bird</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Of whom you all have often heard,—</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">The eagle ('That is not,' says Mary,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">'A pretty name for my canary')."</span><br /> +<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Just at this point, I grieve to say,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">The elephant broke quite away,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">O'erthrew the grizzly bear in rage,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Upset the eagle in his cage,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Flew at the kangaroos, and then</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Attacked the ostrich in her pen.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Thus ended Jack's menagerie</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Beneath the crooked cherry tree!</span><br /> +</div> + +<div class='sig'> +H. B. +</div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span></p> + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div> +<h2>THE STORY OF A LITTLE DUCK.</h2> + + +<p><span class="smcap">I was</span> one of a family of nine brothers and sisters. We all +found ourselves outside our shells one fine, sunny day in +spring; but we felt chilly, and were glad to nestle under the +wings of the kind old hen whom we regarded as our mother.</p> + +<p>In a day or two, we began to look about the world. We +found that it comprised a pretty lawn, on which our mansion +was placed, with a brick wall at one end of it. The other +end of the world was at the foot of the lawn, and consisted +of a level expanse as smooth as a sheet of glass.</p> + +<p>Our mansion was formed of wood, with a high pointed +roof, and with open bars in front, through which we could +look out and enjoy the prospect. We could crawl under +the bars easily; but mother-hen could not.</p> + +<p>One day a great, strong giant came and lifted up our +mansion right over our heads. This giant had two legs, +but no wings. Poor thing! They called him a <i>little boy</i>. +He frightened us very much at first; but as he fed us, and +called us, "Ducky, ducky!" we soon grew fond of him.</p> + +<p>When the boy had lifted up our mansion (which he +called a coop), mother-hen started at once on a journey +round the world. We stopped to pick up some bits of +grain, and some little worms, which we found. "Cluck, +cluck!" said mother-hen, which means, "Come, come!" and +we all said, "Quack, quack!" which means, "Yes, yes!"</p> + +<p>On we went, threading our way through the forest of +grass; and our ideas were much enlarged by finding that +the world comprised a vast farm-yard as well as our lawn, +and the distant glass-like boundary. On we went, "Cluck, +cluck! quack, quack!" and at last found ourselves close to +the smooth expanse, which we learned was called a <i>pond</i>, +and composed of a beautiful liquid called "water."<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span></p> + +<p>Into this pond my brothers and sisters dashed, and of +course I followed. How delicious! The water was cool +and refreshing, and so buoyant, that we moved about on it +more easily than we could walk on the land; but, when we +looked back to the bank, we saw mother-hen calling out in +grief and dread, "Cluck, cluck! come, come! you'll drown, +drown! Oh, oh!"</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 296px;"> +<img src="images/illus038.jpg" width="296" height="350" alt="Poor mother-hen" title="Poor mother-hen" /> +</div> + +<p>"All right!" said my eldest brother; "no fear: here we +are as jolly as sandboys! You may as well come. It's +capital. Here goes for a dive!" And, so saying, under he<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span> +went, and soon came up again, laughing, "Quack, quack! +oh, it's <i>so</i> jolly!"</p> + +<p>But poor mother-hen did not see any thing jolly about it, +and was always in fear when we went to the pond, into +which she would never go herself.</p> + +<p>In time we grew up, and found that we could actually <i>fly +in the air</i>. Oh, capital! When that horrible monster with +four legs, which they called "a dog," ran after us, we opened +our wings, and flew over the lawn to the pond. And there +stood the stupid dog bawling out, "Bow, wow! bow, wow!"</p> + +<p>One day our ideas were again expanded by our being +driven through a gate. We then found that the world was +much larger than we had thought; for beyond our wall +was a broad ploughed field, as well as a vast forest, the edges +of which touched the distant sky. Wonderful discovery! +How grand a duck feels when gaining useful knowledge!</p> + +<p>Every thing went on pleasantly enough, until a great +awkward giant, named Bob, came and looked very hard at +us. At first we did not like him; but he was really very +kind, and called us "Ducky, ducky, ducky!" and threw us +handfuls of barley. He then seized two or three of my +fattest brothers and sisters, and frightened them so much, +that they called out, "Quack, quack! don't, don't!" But +they need not have made such a fuss, as he put them safely +in a basket with a lid to it to keep off the rain, and took +a great deal of care of them indeed.</p> + +<p>How kind of him to take the trouble to carry them in +this basket on his arm, instead of leaving them to waddle +along the road! In this way he has taken all my brothers +and sisters away with him, except myself and my brother +little Jack Drake. I dare say he will soon take <i>us</i> with him +in his nice basket.</p> + +<p>Certainly it is a good thing to have men to attend to us<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span> +so well. I am sure they must be very fond of ducks to +take such care of us. And so I said to Jack Drake; but all +he said in reply was, "Quack, quack! quack, quack!"</p> + +<div class='sig'> +T. C. +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus040.jpg" width="400" height="303" alt="Our Thanksgiving" title="Our Thanksgiving" /> +</div> + + + + + +<h2>OUR THANKSGIVING DINNER.</h2> + + +<p><span class="smcap">We</span> live in a little village near the city of Cincinnati. +We have not lived here many years; and our grandparents +and aunts and uncles and cousins are so far away, that they +cannot often come to see us.</p> + +<p>This year, on Thanksgiving Day, none of our friends were +with us; and mamma and papa felt very sad to have the +big turkey cooked, and only our own family to eat it.</p> + +<p>So, happening to see a ragged little boy in the street, +mamma called him, and told him to go out and find eleven<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span> +more poor little boys, and tell them to come with him and +get a Thanksgiving dinner.</p> + +<p>He ran off in high glee; and, sure enough, when twelve +o'clock came, along came the whole number of poor, hungry +little boys. Their eyes sparkled with delight when +they saw the nice brown turkey, and the pies and cakes. +They were soon seated at the table; and papa and mamma +waited on them.</p> + +<p>It made us all glad to see how the poor fellows enjoyed +their dinner. One ragged little boy was so afraid of soiling +the cloth, that he quietly slipped the bones under the table. +Another boy saw him, and told the rest; and then they all +had a good laugh.</p> + +<p>After they had eaten as much as they wanted, they were +taken into the room where the piano is; and mamma got +"The Nursery" containing the song of "Mother Hubbard," +and played and sung it to them.</p> + +<p>Papa then gave each one a paper of candy and a nice +large apple, and sent them off. No sooner were they out of +the door than they set up a yell like so many little Indians, +and ran to their homes as fast as they could, I suppose, to +tell about the good time they had had.</p> + +<p>We all think now that we enjoyed our Thanksgiving +as well as children who had their own friends to dine with +them. And I do not doubt that those poor little boys will +remember their unexpected dinner as long as they live.</p> + +<div class='sig'> +<span class="smcap">Harrison, O.</span> + +<span class="smcap">Annie Gray Pattison.</span><br /><br /> +</div> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 100px;"> +<img src="images/illus041.png" width="100" height="78" alt="Grapes" title="Grapes" /> +</div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span></p> + + + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus042.png" width="400" height="313" alt="The Grandpa Story" title="The Grandpa Story" /> +</div> +<h2>THE GRANDPA STORY.</h2> + + +<p>"<span class="smcap">Which</span> shall it be to-night, Harry?" I said a little while +ago?—"The Goblet Story, The Grandpa Story, or About +the Runaway Boy?"</p> + +<p>"Oh! The Grandpa Story," said Harry at once; "for +grandpa has been here to-day, and brought me ten notched +sugar-plums,—five red ones, and five white." So I began:—</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>One bright Monday morning, I looked out of the front-window, and +said, "Why, Harry, Uncle David has come to town! He is tying his +horse under the elm-tree." A minute after, Uncle David opened the door +into the sitting-room, and said, "Is there any one here who would like to +go out to grandpa's to-day?" And mamma spoke right up, and said, +"We would all like to go. It will do my little lads good to have a nice +ride."</p> + +<p>"Get ready quick, then," said Uncle David. So mamma put a little +blue cloak and a white sun-bonnet on Freddy the baby, and a linen coat, +and straw hat with blue ribbons on Harry; and they all went out, and got +into the carriage.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span></p> + +<p>Then away they rode through the pretty streets, and over a covered +bridge, where the horse went <span class="smcap">trot</span>, <span class="smcap">trot</span>, <span class="smcap">trot</span>. Then they crossed a +railroad-track, and drove past a station, and +stopped at a store; and Uncle David went in +and bought a great box of sugar for Aunt +Mattie, and a little bag of candy to carry home +to his little boy Philly.</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 200px;"> +<img src="images/illus043a.png" width="200" height="176" alt="A man with a gun" title="A man with a gun" /> +</div> + +<p>Then they rode up a steep hill, and came out +upon Westfield Plains. And then what beautiful +things they saw!—a man with a gun, a +squirrel cracking a nut, a little girl with red +hair, a man picking apples from a tree, and, best of all, a boy flying a kite.</p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 200px;"> +<img src="images/illus043b.png" width="200" height="183" alt="A man picking apples" title="A man picking apples" /> +</div> + +<p>By and by they drove up a hill to grandpa's house. Cousin Philly, who +was out on the piazza, ran into the house to +tell his mamma that Aunt Susan had come, +and brought all her little boys with her.</p> + +<p>Tiger, the great black dog, said, "Bow, +wow!" to Harry, as he went up the steps. +Cousin Anne sat in a great rocking-chair by +the open window, and sang to her dolly, +"Rock-a-by baby."</p> + +<p>Aunt Mattie was glad enough to see them, +and gave Harry a round cooky with a hole in the middle, that he thought +very funny. Mamma always makes square cookies, with no holes to put +your fingers through.</p> + +<p>By and by, when grandpa came in from the +orchard, they had a nice supper. They had +peaches and cream, and biscuits and honey; +and, oh! how good every thing tasted!</p> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 200px;"> +<img src="images/illus043c.png" width="200" height="172" alt="A boy flying a kite" title="A boy flying a kite" /> +</div> + +<p>Philly lent Harry his cup with the picture +of a queen on one side, and "<i>Remember me</i>" +on the other; and Harry drank two cups of +milk, the cup was so pretty.</p> + +<p>After supper Harry's eyes began to droop; +and so mamma said, "Kiss grandpa, my little boy, and the dear little +cousins, and then let's run to bed with sleepy head."</p> + +<p>In six seconds after Harry's head touched the pillow, he was fast +asleep.</p> + +<p>The next morning he awoke fresh and bright; and, after breakfast, +Philly and Harry went out into the road to play. They made little<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span> +sand-hills and houses of pebble-stones, and dug wells in the sand, and had +a real good time.</p> + +<p>In the afternoon, mamma put the cloaks and hats on Harry and Freddy; +Uncle David drove up to the house; and they all got into the carriage, and +had a nice ride home.</p></div> + +<div class='sig'> +S. B. T. +</div> + + + + + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus044.png" width="400" height="299" alt="Winter fun" title="Winter fun" /> +</div> +<h2>JACK FROST.</h2> + + +<div class='poem'> +<span class="smcap">Jack Frost</span>, he is with us again;<br /> +He comes every winter, you know:<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">But we're hardy and bold,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">And we don't mind the cold,</span><br /> +And we welcome the ice and the snow.<br /> +<br /> +Jack Frost plays a rough sort of game<br /> +With the children wherever he goes:<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">He pinches their cheeks;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Their noses he tweaks;</span><br /> +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span>And he treads on their ten little toes.<br /> +<br /> +Jack Frost makes the ground rather hard:<br /> +But with thick boots we clatter about;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">And we run till our breath</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Puffs away like a wreath</span><br /> +Of white steam from the teakettle's spout.<br /> +<br /> +Jack Frost lays his hand on the pond,<br /> +And turns it to glittering ice;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Then the skaters they glide,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">And the sliders they slide:</span><br /> +Think of that, Charley; isn't it nice!<br /> +<br /> +Jack Frost, he is sure to be found<br /> +Where the sleigh-bells are tinkling clear;<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">As the horses, so strong,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Canter gayly along,</span><br /> +While the lads give a shout and a cheer.<br /> +<br /> +Jack Frost, then, you're welcome again;<br /> +Of pleasures you bring us a store:<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">But be mild as you can,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Oh, you fierce little man!</span><br /> +When you visit the feeble and poor.<br /> +</div> + +<div class='sig'> +<span class="smcap">George Bennett.</span> +</div> + + + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div> +<h2>MISS JONES'S PICTURE.</h2> + + +<p><span class="smcap">I have</span> just been looking at Miss Jones's picture. How +do you think Miss Jones looks?</p> + +<p>She wears a shawl pinned close up to her throat, a cap +tied under her chin, and a pair of spectacles over some very +wise-looking eyes.</p> + +<p>What a funny-looking picture! I call it a funny picture,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span> +because the clothes are an old lady's clothes; but the face +is a little girl's face, round and plump and rosy. If I could +take off the cap and the shawl and the spectacles, I should +see a little girl of four years, with a white dress, a pink sash, +and long curls hanging down over her shoulders.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"> +<img src="images/illus046.png" width="350" height="352" alt="Miss Jones" title="Miss Jones" /> +</div> + +<p>Her name is Edith May. Her mamma calls her Edie. +Edie likes to fix herself up, and "play people" as she calls +it. She takes many different parts.</p> + +<p>Sometimes she is an old lady, and sometimes she is a +young lady. Sometimes she plays she is mamma; and then +she runs round taking care of her dollies, and says she +doesn't know what she <i>shall</i> do now that Tilly has the +measles, and Hannah has the chicken-pox, and she <i>verily</i> +believes that the baby has the measles too.</p> + +<p>The other day, she said she was going to be Miss Jones, +and go down to the saloon and have her picture taken.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span></p> + +<p>So she fixed herself up with cap and spectacles and shawl, +and went down to the photograph-room, and told the artist +that she was Miss Jones, and she had called to have her +picture taken.</p> + +<p>Then the artist placed a chair for her, and she sat up as +straight as she could. When the pictures were finished, he +sent them to her mamma, who has sent one to me; and +here you have it in "The Nursery."</p> + +<div class='sig'> +S. F. W. +</div> + + + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div> +<h2>SUE'S SEASONS.</h2> + + +<div class='poem'> +<span class="smcap">In</span> the spring, when the leaves all start,<br /> +The crocus thrills at its glowing heart,<br /> +The windflower opens its tinted cup,<br /> +While the sap mounts merrily up and up.<br /> +<br /> +In the spring all the birds begin,<br /> +Early and late to build and sing:<br /> +Sweeter music was never heard<br /> +Then the merry note of a building bird.<br /> +<br /> +In the summer the roses smile,<br /> +Painting the roadside, mile by mile;<br /> +The sweet-brier catches you as you pass,<br /> +The violets thicken among the grass;<br /> +<br /> +Little nests run over with song,<br /> +Little wings grow restless and strong;<br /> +Daisies shine in the fields afar,<br /> +Odors float where the lilies are.<br /> +<br /> +In the autumn the sap runs down,<br /> +And leaves are tinted with gold and brown:<br /> +In the winter when wild winds blow,<br /> +The leaves are dead in a shroud of snow.<br /> +</div> + +<div class='sig'> +<span class="smcap">Mary N. Prescott.</span> +</div> + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span></p> + +<h2>"CLEAR THE COAST!"</h2> + + +<p><span class="smcap">I told</span> you last month how Robert hoped that Santa Claus +would bring him a sled; and how Robert woke on Christmas +morning to find by his bedside a beautiful sled, painted red, +with thick iron runners.</p> + +<p>The next day he went with Uncle Charles to the hill on +Boston Common, near Park Street, to see the boys coast. +Here is a picture of the scene, drawn from life; and a very +correct idea it will give you of the sport that may be witnessed +in Boston after every snow-storm.</p> + +<p>Robert had his sled with him; and as he stood with Uncle +Charles, looking at the coasters, the little boy longed to be +<i>of</i> them and <i>among</i> them. But Uncle Charles said, "You +are not quite old enough yet to coast in public: you have +not had practice enough."</p> + +<p>Then a big boy, who had been admiring Robert's sled, +stepped up and said, "I should like to try that sled, sir: I +can take the little fellow on the sled in front of me. I will +take good care of him, sir."</p> + +<p>Robert begged so hard to take his first lesson in coasting +under the care of this big boy, that Uncle Charles at last +consented; and in the picture you may see Uncle Charles +waiting for the two boys to come along on the sled.</p> + +<p>He could not see them at first: but in about five minutes +down they came like the rush of a torrent; and little Robert, +as he saw Uncle Charles, cried out as loud as he could, +"Clear the coast, clear the coast!"</p> + +<p>Uncle Charles clapped his hands; the ladies waved their +handkerchiefs; and Robert felt quite proud, when, as he +reached the bottom of the hill, some boys gathered round, +and pronounced his sled "a first-rate runner."<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<img src="images/illus049.png" width="600" height="415" alt="Clear the coast" title="Clear the coast" /> +</div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span></p> + +<p>That was a proud day for Robert; for, before he left the +Common, he was allowed to coast once all alone; and he did +it in such good style, that the big boy told him he would +make a "prime coaster."</p> + +<p>"What did he mean by a "<i>prime coaster</i>"<i>?</i>" asked Robert. +"He meant," said Uncle Charles, "that, with a little more +practice, you will coast very well,—as well, perhaps, as he +does himself."</p> + +<div class='sig'> +<span class="smcap">Alfred Selwyn.</span> +</div> + + + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div> +<h2>OUR NEW DOG.</h2> + + +<p><span class="smcap">We</span> have a new dog. His name is Bright. He is only +two years old. His master one day took the cars near our +place for California; and poor Bright was left behind.</p> + +<p>I met him at the railroad-station. He seemed to be in +great distress. I had some bread in my hand, and offered +him a piece. He was too sad to eat. I patted him on the +head, and said, "Poor doggie, have you lost your master?"</p> + +<p>Bright howled as if he understood my question; and I +believe he did. When I got home that day, I found that he +had followed me. As I stood on the door-step, he fawned +at my feet, and made a low, imploring noise, as if he would +like to say, "Do be my master, and let me be your dog: I +will be such a good dog!"</p> + +<p>I understood what he wanted, and said, "Well, old fellow, +you shall have your wish. I adopt you as my own dog."</p> + +<p>Thereupon Bright wagged his tail, and barked, and put his +fore-feet on my shoulders, and tried to lick my face. We +understood each other now completely.</p> + +<p>Bright seemed to understand that he must not only be +good to me, but to all under my care. I had a little white +kitten named Snow-drop. When she and Bright first met,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a></span> +she was so much afraid, that she leaped up on top of the +bookcase to be out of his way.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 205px;"> +<img src="images/illus051.png" width="205" height="300" alt="Bright trying to coax Snow-drop down" title="Bright trying to coax Snow-drop down" /> +</div> + +<p>It was amusing to see how he tried to coax her down, and +to make her feel that he was her friend. Snow-drop mewed, +and raised her back; but Bright, by some good-natured +half-barks and playful grunts, soon made her understand +that he was one of the family, and bound to treat her well.</p> + +<p>By and by Snow-drop left off mewing, and began to purr. +Bright lay down on the carpet, and began flapping and brushing +it in a half-circle with his tail. That meant play.</p> + +<p>So Kitty at last came down; and, when I left the room, she +and Bright were having a grand frolic together. I know +you would like my dog Bright if you could see him.</p> + +<div class='sig'> +<span class="smcap">Kansas.</span> + +<span class="smcap">Edwin Barton.</span> +</div> + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a></span></p> + +<h2>BUNNY.</h2> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 200px;"> +<img src="images/illus052a.png" width="200" height="164" alt="Squirrel in the barn" title="Squirrel in the barn" /> +</div> + + +<div class='story'><span class="smcap">One</span> day, when I +was in the barn, I +happened to look up, +and there, on a beam, +I saw a red squirrel with a great +bushy tail. He was looking +right at me.</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 200px;"> +<img src="images/illus052b.png" width="200" height="180" alt="Catching the edge of a twig" title="Catching the edge of a twig" /> +</div> + +<div class='story'>The next day I +saw him in my yard, +trying to jump from +one tree to another. +I thought he would fall; but he +just saved himself by catching +the end of a twig.</div> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 200px;"> +<img src="images/illus052c.png" width="200" height="184" alt="Bunny in the satchel" title="Bunny in the satchel" /> +</div> +<div class="figright" style="width: 200px;"> +<img src="images/illus053a.png" width="200" height="184" alt="Bunny taking the corn" title="Bunny taking the corn" /> +</div> + +<div class='story'>Up in one of the +chambers there was +an old satchel hanging +on a nail. Bunny +climbed in at the window, and +filled the satchel with nuts and +apple-seeds. There was a basket +of corn in the +wood-house; and +Bunny carried it almost +all away.</div> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figleft" style="width: 200px;"> +<img src="images/illus053b.png" width="200" height="139" alt="Bunny in the grass" title="Bunny in the grass" /> +</div> + +<div class='story'>One day, as Bunny was going +along in the grass, +he heard a noise: so +he sat up, and looked +about. He saw a +dog. Up went Bunny into a tree.</div> + +<div class="figright" style="width: 200px;"> +<img src="images/illus053c.png" width="200" height="183" alt="Bunny up a tree" title="Bunny up a tree" /> +</div> + +<div class='story'>The dog came under +the tree, and +barked. The saucy +squirrel ran down, +and said with his eyes, "Now +catch me if you can," and then +ran up to the top of the tree as +quick as a wink.</div> + +<div class='sig'> +W. O. C. +</div> + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[54]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus054.png" width="400" height="305" alt="Children's Party" title="Children's Party" /> +</div> + +<h2>THE CHILDREN'S PARTY.</h2> + + +<div class='poem'> +<span class="smcap">Will</span> you come to our party to-day, Carrie Wynn?<br /> +The party is all ready now to begin;<br /> +And you shall be mother, and pour out the tea,<br /> +Because you're the oldest and best of the three.<br /> +<br /> +My white cups and saucers that came Christmas Day<br /> +Are all set out nicely on Hatty's gilt tray;<br /> +Real milk in the cream-jug, and real sugar too;<br /> +But only <i>play</i>-tea—we pretend that it's true.<br /> +<br /> +We've got a <i>whole</i> orange, and three macaroons,<br /> +And some <i>blue</i>-mange—we'll eat it with Hatty's new spoons;<br /> +And we've carried our table out under the trees:<br /> +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[55]</a></span>So come, Carrie Wynn, to our party, do, please!<br /> +<br /> +Hatty'll sit at one end, and the other you'll take;<br /> +And I'll cut the orange, and she'll help the cake:<br /> +You'll see something funny—the reason, don't ask it—<br /> +When we've eaten the cake, we can eat up the basket!<br /> +<br /> +We invited the dolls; but they both have the mumps;<br /> +And yesterday mine got two terrible bumps:<br /> +So we left them in bed; and I do not much care,<br /> +For dolls never <i>will</i> sit up straight on a chair.<br /> +<br /> +Then, nicest of all, when our party is done,<br /> +We'll wash up the dishes; and won't that be fun!<br /> +Then scrub sticky fingers and sugary thumbs;<br /> +And the sparrows and robins may clear up the crumbs.<br /> +</div> + +<div class='sig'> +<span class="smcap">Elizabeth Sill.</span> +</div> + + + + + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<img src="images/illus055.png" width="400" height="249" alt="Dandy the Bear" title="Dandy the Bear" /> +</div> +<h2>DANDY THE BEAR.</h2> + + +<p><span class="smcap">We</span> have a dancing bear in our village. His name is +Dandy. He belongs to Mr. Werner, a German, who leads +him about the streets, and makes a show of him. We children<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span> +all give Dandy some of our spare cents when we see +him; for a bear has to be fed like you and me.</p> + +<p>"Come, Dandy," Mr. Werner will say, "here are the +young ladies and gentlemen, all with plenty of cents in +their pockets to give you if you perform well. They are +good judges of high art. They can admire the poetry of +motion. So do your prettiest."</p> + +<p>Mr. Werner has a monkey and a pet dog. The monkey +is called Captain. He wears a hat with a feather in it. The +name of the pet dog is Grip. He is fat and greedy; and, if +he sees a boy with a cake, he begs for a piece of it; indeed, +he wouldn't object to the whole of it. I wonder if you can +spy out Grip and the Captain in the picture.</p> + +<p>But Dandy makes more fun for us than all the rest. +"Now, Dandy," Mr. Werner will say, "make your most +stunning bow to the ladies, and then give us a turn on the +light fantastic."</p> + +<p>By the "light fantastic," Mr. Werner means "the light +fantastic toe." He has made this joke so many times, that +we know what he means by it.</p> + +<p>Thus encouraged, Dandy will bow, raise himself on one +of his hind-feet, and whirl round in a <i>pirouette</i>. (If you do +not know what a <i>pirouette</i> is, you must get some one to explain +and pronounce the word for you.)</p> + +<p>You would laugh to see Dandy imitate the great dancers. +Though he can hardly be called graceful, he is very amusing; +and we children willingly pay for the sight a cent each +when the Captain passes round the hat.</p> + +<p>Mr. Werner thinks of taking Dandy to other towns to +show off his accomplishments. If you should ever see him, +I hope you will treat him well for my sake. I am the boy +in the picture with a slate under his arm; and my name is</p> + +<div class='sig'> +<span class="smcap">Richard Roe.</span> +</div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</a></span></p> + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div> +<h2>LITTLE MISCHIEF.</h2> + + +<h3>IV.</h3> + +<p><span class="smcap">Bessie</span> went to pass a week with her Aunt Clara and +Uncle Frank. Uncle Frank was a portrait-painter. One +day Bessie took her doll Cornelia, and went into his studio.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 278px;"> +<img src="images/illus057.png" width="278" height="300" alt="Looking at the portrait" title="Looking at the portrait" /> +</div> + +<p>On the easel stood a portrait. Bessie looked at it, and +thought it must be a likeness of her friend Col. Fraser. +"But," said she, "the mustache is too faint: it wants paint."</p> + +<p>Then she remembered hearing her uncle say that he had +more work than he could attend to. "What if I do a little +work for him, and so give him a surprise!" thought she.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a></span></p> + + +<h3>V.</h3> + +<p>"Uncle Frank, when he is by, never lets me touch his +paints," said Bessie to herself; "but that must be because +he does not know how clever I am. Nothing can be easier +to paint than a mustache. It is only a number of hairs."</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 280px;"> +<img src="images/illus058.png" width="280" height="300" alt="Into the paints" title="Into the paints" /> +</div> + +<p>So Bessie climbed up into her uncle's chair, and took one +of his long brushes in her hand. Then she looked at the +colors on the palette, and tried to mix the blue and red as +she had seen Uncle Frank do.</p> + +<p>The long brush was hard to manage. However, she +remembered the rhyme, "Try, try, try again;" and she +worked away until she thought she had got the tint.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a></span></p> + + +<h3>VI.</h3> + +<p>At last Bessie was ready to begin her great work. So, +standing on tiptoe, she applied the brush to the upper-lip. +She was determined, while she was about it, to give Col. +Fraser a thoroughly good mustache, long and thick.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 280px;"> +<img src="images/illus059.png" width="280" height="300" alt="Fixing the portrait" title="Fixing the portrait" /> +</div> + +<p>Now and then she would step back a little way, and consider +the picture from a distance, as she had seen her uncle +do. She was well pleased with her work. It was certainly +a great improvement: so Bessie thought.</p> + +<p>At last she laid down her brush. She felt quite charmed +with her success, and picked up her doll off the floor, that +she might see how well her little mamma could paint.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a></span></p> + + +<h3>VII.</h3> + +<p>"It is beautiful! Is it not, Cornelia?" she said, as she +threw herself back in the chair. "Uncle will never say +again that I cannot paint. Perhaps it is more blue than +Col. Fraser's mustache; but it is all the prettier for that."</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 374px;"> +<img src="images/illus060.png" width="374" height="400" alt="Admiring her work" title="Admiring her work" /> +</div> + +<p>Bessie remembered, too, that her mamma had once read +to her a story about a man with a blue beard. "So people +<i>do</i> have blue mustaches sometimes," thought she.</p> + +<p>What did Uncle Frank say when he saw what she had +done? I am sorry to say he did not agree with Bessie that +the picture was improved. At first he was vexed; then he +laughed; then he gave Bessie a kiss.</p> + + + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[61]</a></span></p><div class="figcenter" style="width: 231px;"> +<img src="images/illus061.png" width="231" height="300" alt="Too many presents" title="Too many presents" /> +</div> +<h2>TOO MANY PRESENTS.</h2> + + +<p><span class="smcap">Did</span> you ever hear of the boy who had a drum and a +trumpet and a rocking-horse for his Christmas presents, and +cried, after all, because Santa Claus had given his sister a +doll, and hadn't given him one?</p> + +<p>I have heard of that boy; but, to tell the truth, I doubt +the whole story. It is a little too tough for me. I don't<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[62]</a></span> +believe there ever was such a boy; and I won't believe in +him until I see him.</p> + +<p>But I did know a little boy who <i>almost</i> cried because he +had <i>no</i> Christmas present. He was a good boy too. He +would have been pleased with any thing; and it was too bad +that Santa Claus forgot to bring some little gift for him.</p> + +<p>The queerest case, though, is that of the little boy whose +picture we have here. You see him just as he looked on +Christmas morning, with his presents all around him; and +yet you see he does not look happy. What can be the +matter with the child?</p> + +<p>Ah! the trouble is, that he has too many presents. He +has so many that he doesn't know what to do with them. +He doesn't know which to play with first. He is afraid all +the time that some of them will get lost. And so, by trying +to enjoy them all at once, he fails to enjoy them at all.</p> + +<p>Poor boy! he is having a hard time of it, and I pity him +very much. If I were going to prescribe for him, this is +what I should say, "Tom, my boy" (I know by his looks +that his name is Tom), "don't be cast down. I'll show you +the way out of your trouble. Your case is pretty bad; but +there's a remedy. What you want to do is to <i>give away</i> +something.</p> + +<p>"Now, there's that doll that you are hugging so closely. +What does a boy like you want of a doll? That must have +been meant for some little girl. It was sent to you on purpose +to give away. Of course it was.</p> + +<p>"Then there are those two wagons. You don't want +both of them. You know you don't. Find the boy who +hadn't any Christmas presents, and give one of the wagons +to him. Let that wooden soldier go with it; for what do +you want of a soldier, when you have a gun of your own?</p> + +<p>"And what if you should give away something that you<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[63]</a></span> +do want very much; why, it wouldn't hurt you a bit: you +would feel all the better for it. Just try now, Tom, and +see if you wouldn't."</p> + +<p>Perhaps the little boy would take my advice; and perhaps +he wouldn't, but, if he should, I'm sure he would make +a much more cheerful picture than he does now.</p> + +<div class='sig'> +<span class="smcap">Uncle Sam.</span> +</div> + + + + + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;"> +<img src="images/illus063.png" width="350" height="266" alt="The dog and the shadow" title="The dog and the shadow" /> +</div> +<h2>THE DOG AND THE SHADOW.</h2> + + +<p><span class="smcap">A dog</span>, crossing a bridge with a piece of meat in his +mouth, saw in the water what he took to be another dog, +with a piece of meat twice the size of his own. Letting go +his own, he flew at the other dog to get the larger piece +from him. He thus lost both,—that which he grasped at +in the water, because it was a shadow; and his own, because +the stream swept it away.</p> + + + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[64]</a></span></p> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<img src="images/illus064.png" width="600" height="342" alt="Music Title" title="Music Title" /> +</div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<img src="images/music.png" width="600" height="489" alt="Music" title="Music" /> +</div> +<div class="center"><small>[<i>Transcriber's Note: You can play this music (MIDI file) by clicking</i> <a href="music/febmusic.midi">here</a>.]</small></div> + + + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" summary="Second and Third Verses"> +<tr><td align='left'>2. Jack and Jill went round the hill<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">To tend the geese and gander,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">But strolled away to sport and play,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">And left the geese to wander:</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">A fox came down and pounced on one,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">And stole it for his dinner.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">While Jill and Jack came running back,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">But Foxy was the winner.</span><br /> +</td><td align='left'>3. Jack and Jill went down the hill<br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">To scare away the crows there:</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Jack fired his gun, and soon killed one,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">But blew off his own nose there.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Says Jill, "Good luck, my darling Jack!</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">I'll go and fetch your master;</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">And don't suppose you've lost your nose,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">We'll stick it on with plaster."</span><br /> +</td></tr> +</table></div> + + + +<div><br /><br /></div> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 141px;"> +<img src="images/divider.png" width="141" height="16" alt="Divider" title="Divider" /> +</div> +<div><br /><br /></div> + +<div class='tnote'><h3>Transcriber's Note:</h3> + +<p>Obvious punctuation errors repaired.</p> + +<p>This issue was part of an omnibus. The original text for this issue did +not include a title page or table of contents. This was taken from the +January issue with the "No." added. The original table of contents +covered the entire year of 1873. The remaining text of the table of +contents can be found in the rest of the year's issues.</p></div> + + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of Project Gutenberg's The Nursery, February 1873, Vol. XIII., by Various + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NURSERY, FEBRUARY 1873 *** + +***** This file should be named 24475-h.htm or 24475-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/2/4/4/7/24475/ + +Produced by Emmy, Juliet Sutherland and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Nursery, February 1873, Vol. XIII. + A Monthly Magazine for Youngest People + +Author: Various + +Release Date: January 31, 2008 [EBook #24475] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NURSERY, FEBRUARY 1873 *** + + + + +Produced by Emmy, Juliet Sutherland and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + +THE + +NURSERY + +_A Monthly Magazine_ + +FOR YOUNGEST READERS. + +VOLUME XIII.--No. 2 + + BOSTON: + JOHN L. SHOREY, No. 36 BROMFIELD STREET. + 1873. + + + + + Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, + + BY JOHN L. SHOREY, + + In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. + + + + + + BOSTON: + RAND, AVERY, & CO., STEREOTYPERS AND PRINTERS. + +[Illustration: Contents] + + +IN PROSE. + + PAGE. + + The Biography of a Bubble 33 + + The Story of a Little Duck 37 + + Our Thanksgiving Dinner 40 + + The Grandpa Story 42 + + Miss Jones's Picture 45 + + Clear the Coast 48 + + Our New Dog 50 + + Bunny 52 + + Dandy the Bear 55 + + Little Mischief 57 + + Too Many Presents 61 + + The Dog and the Shadow 63 + + +IN VERSE. + + Jack's Menagerie 36 + + Jack Frost 44 + + Sue's Seasons 47 + + The Children's Party 54 + + Jack and Jill (_with music_) 64 + + +[Illustration: THE BIOGRAPHY OF A BUBBLE] + + + + +THE BIOGRAPHY OF A BUBBLE. + + +[Illustration: T]HE papa who writes this biography of a bubble never +wrote a biography before in all his life. This is his first printed +work. Perhaps some old person will criticise it severely. + +"Why use such big words as 'biography' and 'criticise'?" this old person +may ask. "Are you not writing for little people? Is not your subject a +poor little bubble that could not have lived longer than three or four +seconds?" + +To which this papa replies: "Old person, do not meddle. This papa knows +what he is about. The little folks understand very well that a +'biography' is a story of a life; that to 'criticise' is to find fault; +and that a 'critic' is a fault-finder." + +So all critics will please get out of the way, and leave this papa alone +while he writes the biography of a bubble. + +This bubble was born just as the clock struck four, on the afternoon of +the 13th of January, 1873. Its name was "Diamond." + +"Why, how could a bubble have a name?" + +Now, you just be quiet and patient, and in good time you shall learn +all. Papa had promised his little daughter Grace, that one of these days +he would blow some bubbles for her amusement. + +Grace reminded him several times of his promise; but papa was always too +busy to attend to it. At last Grace said, "When will _one of these days_ +come?"--"It shall come now," said papa. + +So he got a pipe, and a bowl of soap-suds; and Grace stood at his knee +while he blew bubbles. Grace was delighted. "Name them," said she; for +papa had named her kittens, and she thought he could name the bubbles. + +The first one's name was "Sparkle." It was a very big bubble; but it did +not live long. The name of the second was "Glory." I think it might have +lived a second longer than it did, if Grace had not touched it with her +finger. + +The third bubble floated up almost to the ceiling. Its name was +"Napoleon." It rose as bravely as if it had no fear of breaking. It +expired of old age, after reaching the term of ten seconds and a half. + +At last, just as the clock struck four, little "Diamond" appeared. She +was a delicate little thing, and bright with all the colors of the +rainbow. She was not proud like the other bubbles. She did not try to +mount. Perhaps papa's breath made her go as she did. + +Grace admired "Diamond" very much. "Why, see, papa! She is coming to +kiss me," said the little girl;--"she is on my cheek." + +Yes, little "Diamond" ended her life on the cheek of innocence. What +better end could she have had? Was it not much better than mounting to +the cold, white ceiling, and living to a dull old age, like the big +bubble whose name was Napoleon? + + GRACE'S PAPA. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration: MENAGERIE] + + + + +JACK'S MENAGERIE. + + + "THIS is our grand menagerie, + Beneath the crooked cherry-tree. + The exhibition now begins: + Admittance, only thirteen pins; + And if the pins you cannot borrow, + Why, then, we'll trust you till to-morrow. + Don't be afraid to walk inside: + The animals are safely tied. + + "This is the elephant on the right: + Don't meddle with him, or he'll bite. + (He's Rover, Neddie's dog, you know. + I wish he wouldn't fidget so! + He doesn't think it fun to play + Wild beast, and be chained up all day.) + We'll feed him, pretty soon, with meat; + Though grass is what he ought to eat. + + "In that box are the kangaroos: + Go near and pat them if you choose; + (They're very much like Susie's rabbits, + With just a change of name and habits.) + You'll find them lively as a top: + See, when I poke them, how they hop. + They are not fierce; but, oh! take care: + We now approach the grizzly bear. + + "See her long claws, and only hear + Her awful growl when I go near! + We found her lying on a rug, + And just escaped her fearful hug. + It took some time to get her caged: + She's terrible when she's enraged. + (You think, perhaps, it's Mabel's cat, + But don't you be too sure of that!) + + "Here is the ostrich in her pen + (It's Ernest's little bantam-hen): + She came from Africa, of course, + And runs as fast as any horse; + And up above there is a bird + Of whom you all have often heard,-- + The eagle ('That is not,' says Mary, + 'A pretty name for my canary')." + + Just at this point, I grieve to say, + The elephant broke quite away, + O'erthrew the grizzly bear in rage, + Upset the eagle in his cage, + Flew at the kangaroos, and then + Attacked the ostrich in her pen. + Thus ended Jack's menagerie + Beneath the crooked cherry tree! + + H. B. + + + + +THE STORY OF A LITTLE DUCK. + + +I WAS one of a family of nine brothers and sisters. We all found +ourselves outside our shells one fine, sunny day in spring; but we felt +chilly, and were glad to nestle under the wings of the kind old hen whom +we regarded as our mother. + +In a day or two, we began to look about the world. We found that it +comprised a pretty lawn, on which our mansion was placed, with a brick +wall at one end of it. The other end of the world was at the foot of the +lawn, and consisted of a level expanse as smooth as a sheet of glass. + +Our mansion was formed of wood, with a high pointed roof, and with open +bars in front, through which we could look out and enjoy the prospect. +We could crawl under the bars easily; but mother-hen could not. + +One day a great, strong giant came and lifted up our mansion right over +our heads. This giant had two legs, but no wings. Poor thing! They +called him a _little boy_. He frightened us very much at first; but as +he fed us, and called us, "Ducky, ducky!" we soon grew fond of him. + +When the boy had lifted up our mansion (which he called a coop), +mother-hen started at once on a journey round the world. We stopped to +pick up some bits of grain, and some little worms, which we found. +"Cluck, cluck!" said mother-hen, which means, "Come, come!" and we all +said, "Quack, quack!" which means, "Yes, yes!" + +On we went, threading our way through the forest of grass; and our ideas +were much enlarged by finding that the world comprised a vast farm-yard +as well as our lawn, and the distant glass-like boundary. On we went, +"Cluck, cluck! quack, quack!" and at last found ourselves close to the +smooth expanse, which we learned was called a _pond_, and composed of a +beautiful liquid called "water." + +Into this pond my brothers and sisters dashed, and of course I followed. +How delicious! The water was cool and refreshing, and so buoyant, that +we moved about on it more easily than we could walk on the land; but, +when we looked back to the bank, we saw mother-hen calling out in grief +and dread, "Cluck, cluck! come, come! you'll drown, drown! Oh, oh!" + +[Illustration] + +"All right!" said my eldest brother; "no fear: here we are as jolly as +sandboys! You may as well come. It's capital. Here goes for a dive!" +And, so saying, under he went, and soon came up again, laughing, +"Quack, quack! oh, it's _so_ jolly!" + +But poor mother-hen did not see any thing jolly about it, and was always +in fear when we went to the pond, into which she would never go herself. + +In time we grew up, and found that we could actually _fly in the air_. +Oh, capital! When that horrible monster with four legs, which they +called "a dog," ran after us, we opened our wings, and flew over the +lawn to the pond. And there stood the stupid dog bawling out, "Bow, wow! +bow, wow!" + +One day our ideas were again expanded by our being driven through a +gate. We then found that the world was much larger than we had thought; +for beyond our wall was a broad ploughed field, as well as a vast +forest, the edges of which touched the distant sky. Wonderful discovery! +How grand a duck feels when gaining useful knowledge! + +Every thing went on pleasantly enough, until a great awkward giant, +named Bob, came and looked very hard at us. At first we did not like +him; but he was really very kind, and called us "Ducky, ducky, ducky!" +and threw us handfuls of barley. He then seized two or three of my +fattest brothers and sisters, and frightened them so much, that they +called out, "Quack, quack! don't, don't!" But they need not have made +such a fuss, as he put them safely in a basket with a lid to it to keep +off the rain, and took a great deal of care of them indeed. + +How kind of him to take the trouble to carry them in this basket on his +arm, instead of leaving them to waddle along the road! In this way he +has taken all my brothers and sisters away with him, except myself and +my brother little Jack Drake. I dare say he will soon take _us_ with him +in his nice basket. + +Certainly it is a good thing to have men to attend to us so well. I am +sure they must be very fond of ducks to take such care of us. And so I +said to Jack Drake; but all he said in reply was, "Quack, quack! quack, +quack!" + + T. C. + +[Illustration] + + +[Illustration] + + + + +OUR THANKSGIVING DINNER. + + +WE live in a little village near the city of Cincinnati. We have not +lived here many years; and our grandparents and aunts and uncles and +cousins are so far away, that they cannot often come to see us. + +This year, on Thanksgiving Day, none of our friends were with us; and +mamma and papa felt very sad to have the big turkey cooked, and only our +own family to eat it. + +So, happening to see a ragged little boy in the street, mamma called +him, and told him to go out and find eleven more poor little boys, and +tell them to come with him and get a Thanksgiving dinner. + +He ran off in high glee; and, sure enough, when twelve o'clock came, +along came the whole number of poor, hungry little boys. Their eyes +sparkled with delight when they saw the nice brown turkey, and the pies +and cakes. They were soon seated at the table; and papa and mamma waited +on them. + +It made us all glad to see how the poor fellows enjoyed their dinner. +One ragged little boy was so afraid of soiling the cloth, that he +quietly slipped the bones under the table. Another boy saw him, and told +the rest; and then they all had a good laugh. + +After they had eaten as much as they wanted, they were taken into the +room where the piano is; and mamma got "The Nursery" containing the song +of "Mother Hubbard," and played and sung it to them. + +Papa then gave each one a paper of candy and a nice large apple, and +sent them off. No sooner were they out of the door than they set up a +yell like so many little Indians, and ran to their homes as fast as they +could, I suppose, to tell about the good time they had had. + +We all think now that we enjoyed our Thanksgiving as well as children +who had their own friends to dine with them. And I do not doubt that +those poor little boys will remember their unexpected dinner as long as +they live. + + HARRISON, O. ANNIE GRAY PATTISON. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + + + + +THE GRANDPA STORY. + + +"WHICH shall it be to-night, Harry?" I said a little while ago?--"The +Goblet Story, The Grandpa Story, or About the Runaway Boy?" + +"Oh! The Grandpa Story," said Harry at once; "for grandpa has been here +to-day, and brought me ten notched sugar-plums,--five red ones, and five +white." So I began:-- + + One bright Monday morning, I looked out of the + front-window, and said, "Why, Harry, Uncle + David has come to town! He is tying his horse + under the elm-tree." A minute after, Uncle + David opened the door into the sitting-room, + and said, "Is there any one here who would like + to go out to grandpa's to-day?" And mamma spoke + right up, and said, "We would all like to go. + It will do my little lads good to have a nice + ride." + + "Get ready quick, then," said Uncle David. So + mamma put a little blue cloak and a white + sun-bonnet on Freddy the baby, and a linen + coat, and straw hat with blue ribbons on Harry; + and they all went out, and got into the + carriage. + + Then away they rode through the pretty streets, + and over a covered bridge, where the horse went + TROT, TROT, TROT. Then they crossed a + railroad-track, and drove past a station, and + stopped at a store; and Uncle David went in and + bought a great box of sugar for Aunt Mattie, + and a little bag of candy to carry home to his + little boy Philly. + + [Illustration] + + Then they rode up a steep hill, and came out + upon Westfield Plains. And then what beautiful + things they saw!--a man with a gun, a squirrel + cracking a nut, a little girl with red hair, a + man picking apples from a tree, and, best of + all, a boy flying a kite. + + [Illustration] + + By and by they drove up a hill to grandpa's + house. Cousin Philly, who was out on the + piazza, ran into the house to tell his mamma + that Aunt Susan had come, and brought all her + little boys with her. + + Tiger, the great black dog, said, "Bow, wow!" + to Harry, as he went up the steps. Cousin Anne + sat in a great rocking-chair by the open + window, and sang to her dolly, "Rock-a-by + baby." + + Aunt Mattie was glad enough to see them, and + gave Harry a round cooky with a hole in the + middle, that he thought very funny. Mamma + always makes square cookies, with no holes to + put your fingers through. + + By and by, when grandpa came in from the + orchard, they had a nice supper. They had + peaches and cream, and biscuits and honey; and, + oh! how good every thing tasted! + + [Illustration] + + Philly lent Harry his cup with the picture of a + queen on one side, and "_Remember me_" on the + other; and Harry drank two cups of milk, the + cup was so pretty. + + After supper Harry's eyes began to droop; and + so mamma said, "Kiss grandpa, my little boy, + and the dear little cousins, and then let's run + to bed with sleepy head." + + In six seconds after Harry's head touched the + pillow, he was fast asleep. + + The next morning he awoke fresh and bright; + and, after breakfast, Philly and Harry went out + into the road to play. They made little + sand-hills and houses of pebble-stones, and dug + wells in the sand, and had a real good time. + + In the afternoon, mamma put the cloaks and hats + on Harry and Freddy; Uncle David drove up to + the house; and they all got into the carriage, + and had a nice ride home. + + S. B. T. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + + + + +JACK FROST. + + + JACK FROST, he is with us again; + He comes every winter, you know: + But we're hardy and bold, + And we don't mind the cold, + And we welcome the ice and the snow. + + Jack Frost plays a rough sort of game + With the children wherever he goes: + He pinches their cheeks; + Their noses he tweaks; + And he treads on their ten little toes. + + Jack Frost makes the ground rather hard: + But with thick boots we clatter about; + And we run till our breath + Puffs away like a wreath + Of white steam from the teakettle's spout. + + Jack Frost lays his hand on the pond, + And turns it to glittering ice; + Then the skaters they glide, + And the sliders they slide: + Think of that, Charley; isn't it nice! + + Jack Frost, he is sure to be found + Where the sleigh-bells are tinkling clear; + As the horses, so strong, + Canter gayly along, + While the lads give a shout and a cheer. + + Jack Frost, then, you're welcome again; + Of pleasures you bring us a store: + But be mild as you can, + Oh, you fierce little man! + When you visit the feeble and poor. + + GEORGE BENNETT. + +[Illustration] + + + + +MISS JONES'S PICTURE. + + +I HAVE just been looking at Miss Jones's picture. How do you think Miss +Jones looks? + +She wears a shawl pinned close up to her throat, a cap tied under her +chin, and a pair of spectacles over some very wise-looking eyes. + +What a funny-looking picture! I call it a funny picture, because the +clothes are an old lady's clothes; but the face is a little girl's face, +round and plump and rosy. If I could take off the cap and the shawl and +the spectacles, I should see a little girl of four years, with a white +dress, a pink sash, and long curls hanging down over her shoulders. + +[Illustration] + +Her name is Edith May. Her mamma calls her Edie. Edie likes to fix +herself up, and "play people" as she calls it. She takes many different +parts. + +Sometimes she is an old lady, and sometimes she is a young lady. +Sometimes she plays she is mamma; and then she runs round taking care of +her dollies, and says she doesn't know what she _shall_ do now that +Tilly has the measles, and Hannah has the chicken-pox, and she _verily_ +believes that the baby has the measles too. + +The other day, she said she was going to be Miss Jones, and go down to +the saloon and have her picture taken. + +So she fixed herself up with cap and spectacles and shawl, and went down +to the photograph-room, and told the artist that she was Miss Jones, and +she had called to have her picture taken. + +Then the artist placed a chair for her, and she sat up as straight as +she could. When the pictures were finished, he sent them to her mamma, +who has sent one to me; and here you have it in "The Nursery." + + S. F. W. + +[Illustration] + + + + +SUE'S SEASONS. + + + IN the spring, when the leaves all start, + The crocus thrills at its glowing heart, + The windflower opens its tinted cup, + While the sap mounts merrily up and up. + + In the spring all the birds begin, + Early and late to build and sing: + Sweeter music was never heard + Then the merry note of a building bird. + + In the summer the roses smile, + Painting the roadside, mile by mile; + The sweet-brier catches you as you pass, + The violets thicken among the grass; + + Little nests run over with song, + Little wings grow restless and strong; + Daisies shine in the fields afar, + Odors float where the lilies are. + + In the autumn the sap runs down, + And leaves are tinted with gold and brown: + In the winter when wild winds blow, + The leaves are dead in a shroud of snow. + + MARY N. PRESCOTT. + + + + +"CLEAR THE COAST!" + + +I TOLD you last month how Robert hoped that Santa Claus would bring him +a sled; and how Robert woke on Christmas morning to find by his bedside +a beautiful sled, painted red, with thick iron runners. + +The next day he went with Uncle Charles to the hill on Boston Common, +near Park Street, to see the boys coast. Here is a picture of the scene, +drawn from life; and a very correct idea it will give you of the sport +that may be witnessed in Boston after every snow-storm. + +Robert had his sled with him; and as he stood with Uncle Charles, +looking at the coasters, the little boy longed to be _of_ them and +_among_ them. But Uncle Charles said, "You are not quite old enough yet +to coast in public: you have not had practice enough." + +Then a big boy, who had been admiring Robert's sled, stepped up and +said, "I should like to try that sled, sir: I can take the little fellow +on the sled in front of me. I will take good care of him, sir." + +Robert begged so hard to take his first lesson in coasting under the +care of this big boy, that Uncle Charles at last consented; and in the +picture you may see Uncle Charles waiting for the two boys to come along +on the sled. + +He could not see them at first: but in about five minutes down they came +like the rush of a torrent; and little Robert, as he saw Uncle Charles, +cried out as loud as he could, "Clear the coast, clear the coast!" + +Uncle Charles clapped his hands; the ladies waved their handkerchiefs; +and Robert felt quite proud, when, as he reached the bottom of the hill, +some boys gathered round, and pronounced his sled "a first-rate +runner." + +[Illustration] + +That was a proud day for Robert; for, before he left the Common, he was +allowed to coast once all alone; and he did it in such good style, that +the big boy told him he would make a "prime coaster." + +"What did he mean by a "_prime coaster_"?" asked Robert. + +"He meant," said Uncle Charles, "that, with a little more practice, you +will coast very well,--as well, perhaps, as he does himself." + + ALFRED SELWYN. + +[Illustration] + + + + +OUR NEW DOG. + + +WE have a new dog. His name is Bright. He is only two years old. His +master one day took the cars near our place for California; and poor +Bright was left behind. + +I met him at the railroad-station. He seemed to be in great distress. I +had some bread in my hand, and offered him a piece. He was too sad to +eat. I patted him on the head, and said, "Poor doggie, have you lost +your master?" + +Bright howled as if he understood my question; and I believe he did. +When I got home that day, I found that he had followed me. As I stood on +the door-step, he fawned at my feet, and made a low, imploring noise, as +if he would like to say, "Do be my master, and let me be your dog: I +will be such a good dog!" + +I understood what he wanted, and said, "Well, old fellow, you shall have +your wish. I adopt you as my own dog." + +Thereupon Bright wagged his tail, and barked, and put his fore-feet on +my shoulders, and tried to lick my face. We understood each other now +completely. + +Bright seemed to understand that he must not only be good to me, but to +all under my care. I had a little white kitten named Snow-drop. When she +and Bright first met, she was so much afraid, that she leaped up on top +of the bookcase to be out of his way. + +[Illustration] + +It was amusing to see how he tried to coax her down, and to make her +feel that he was her friend. Snow-drop mewed, and raised her back; but +Bright, by some good-natured half-barks and playful grunts, soon made +her understand that he was one of the family, and bound to treat her +well. + +By and by Snow-drop left off mewing, and began to purr. Bright lay down +on the carpet, and began flapping and brushing it in a half-circle with +his tail. That meant play. + +So Kitty at last came down; and, when I left the room, she and Bright +were having a grand frolic together. I know you would like my dog Bright +if you could see him. + + KANSAS. EDWIN BARTON. + + + + +BUNNY. + +[Illustration] + + +ONE day, when I was in the barn, I happened to look up, and there, on a +beam, I saw a red squirrel with a great bushy tail. He was looking right +at me. + +[Illustration] + +The next day I saw him in my yard, trying to jump from one tree to +another. I thought he would fall; but he just saved himself by catching +the end of a twig. + +[Illustration] + +Up in one of the chambers there was an old satchel hanging on a nail. +Bunny climbed in at the window, and filled the satchel with nuts and +apple-seeds. There was a basket of corn in the wood-house; and Bunny +carried it almost all away. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +One day, as Bunny was going along in the grass, he heard a noise: so he +sat up, and looked about. He saw a dog. Up went Bunny into a tree. + +[Illustration] + +The dog came under the tree, and barked. The saucy squirrel ran down, +and said with his eyes, "Now catch me if you can," and then ran up to +the top of the tree as quick as a wink. + + W. O. C. + +[Illustration] + + + + +THE CHILDREN'S PARTY. + + + WILL you come to our party to-day, Carrie Wynn? + The party is all ready now to begin; + And you shall be mother, and pour out the tea, + Because you're the oldest and best of the three. + + My white cups and saucers that came Christmas Day + Are all set out nicely on Hatty's gilt tray; + Real milk in the cream-jug, and real sugar too; + But only _play_-tea--we pretend that it's true. + + We've got a _whole_ orange, and three macaroons, + And some _blue_-mange--we'll eat it with Hatty's new spoons; + And we've carried our table out under the trees: + So come, Carrie Wynn, to our party, do, please! + + Hatty'll sit at one end, and the other you'll take; + And I'll cut the orange, and she'll help the cake: + You'll see something funny--the reason, don't ask it-- + When we've eaten the cake, we can eat up the basket! + + We invited the dolls; but they both have the mumps; + And yesterday mine got two terrible bumps: + So we left them in bed; and I do not much care, + For dolls never _will_ sit up straight on a chair. + + Then, nicest of all, when our party is done, + We'll wash up the dishes; and won't that be fun! + Then scrub sticky fingers and sugary thumbs; + And the sparrows and robins may clear up the crumbs. + + ELIZABETH SILL. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + + + + +DANDY THE BEAR. + + +WE have a dancing bear in our village. His name is Dandy. He belongs to +Mr. Werner, a German, who leads him about the streets, and makes a show +of him. We children all give Dandy some of our spare cents when we see +him; for a bear has to be fed like you and me. + +"Come, Dandy," Mr. Werner will say, "here are the young ladies and +gentlemen, all with plenty of cents in their pockets to give you if you +perform well. They are good judges of high art. They can admire the +poetry of motion. So do your prettiest." + +Mr. Werner has a monkey and a pet dog. The monkey is called Captain. He +wears a hat with a feather in it. The name of the pet dog is Grip. He is +fat and greedy; and, if he sees a boy with a cake, he begs for a piece +of it; indeed, he wouldn't object to the whole of it. I wonder if you +can spy out Grip and the Captain in the picture. + +But Dandy makes more fun for us than all the rest. "Now, Dandy," Mr. +Werner will say, "make your most stunning bow to the ladies, and then +give us a turn on the light fantastic." + +By the "light fantastic," Mr. Werner means "the light fantastic toe." He +has made this joke so many times, that we know what he means by it. + +Thus encouraged, Dandy will bow, raise himself on one of his hind-feet, +and whirl round in a _pirouette_. (If you do not know what a _pirouette_ +is, you must get some one to explain and pronounce the word for you.) + +You would laugh to see Dandy imitate the great dancers. Though he can +hardly be called graceful, he is very amusing; and we children willingly +pay for the sight a cent each when the Captain passes round the hat. + +Mr. Werner thinks of taking Dandy to other towns to show off his +accomplishments. If you should ever see him, I hope you will treat him +well for my sake. I am the boy in the picture with a slate under his +arm; and my name is + + RICHARD ROE. + + + + +LITTLE MISCHIEF. + + +IV. + +BESSIE went to pass a week with her Aunt Clara and Uncle Frank. Uncle +Frank was a portrait-painter. One day Bessie took her doll Cornelia, and +went into his studio. + +[Illustration] + +On the easel stood a portrait. Bessie looked at it, and thought it must +be a likeness of her friend Col. Fraser. "But," said she, "the mustache +is too faint: it wants paint." + +Then she remembered hearing her uncle say that he had more work than he +could attend to. "What if I do a little work for him, and so give him a +surprise!" thought she. + + +V. + +"Uncle Frank, when he is by, never lets me touch his paints," said +Bessie to herself; "but that must be because he does not know how clever +I am. Nothing can be easier to paint than a mustache. It is only a +number of hairs." + +[Illustration] + +So Bessie climbed up into her uncle's chair, and took one of his long +brushes in her hand. Then she looked at the colors on the palette, and +tried to mix the blue and red as she had seen Uncle Frank do. + +The long brush was hard to manage. However, she remembered the rhyme, +"Try, try, try again;" and she worked away until she thought she had got +the tint. + + +VI. + +At last Bessie was ready to begin her great work. So, standing on +tiptoe, she applied the brush to the upper-lip. She was determined, +while she was about it, to give Col. Fraser a thoroughly good mustache, +long and thick. + +[Illustration] + +Now and then she would step back a little way, and consider the picture +from a distance, as she had seen her uncle do. She was well pleased with +her work. It was certainly a great improvement: so Bessie thought. + +At last she laid down her brush. She felt quite charmed with her +success, and picked up her doll off the floor, that she might see how +well her little mamma could paint. + + +VII. + +"It is beautiful! Is it not, Cornelia?" she said, as she threw herself +back in the chair. "Uncle will never say again that I cannot paint. +Perhaps it is more blue than Col. Fraser's mustache; but it is all the +prettier for that." + +[Illustration] + +Bessie remembered, too, that her mamma had once read to her a story +about a man with a blue beard. "So people _do_ have blue mustaches +sometimes," thought she. + +What did Uncle Frank say when he saw what she had done? I am sorry to +say he did not agree with Bessie that the picture was improved. At first +he was vexed; then he laughed; then he gave Bessie a kiss. + +[Illustration] + + + + +TOO MANY PRESENTS. + + +DID you ever hear of the boy who had a drum and a trumpet and a +rocking-horse for his Christmas presents, and cried, after all, because +Santa Claus had given his sister a doll, and hadn't given him one? + +I have heard of that boy; but, to tell the truth, I doubt the whole +story. It is a little too tough for me. I don't believe there ever was +such a boy; and I won't believe in him until I see him. + +But I did know a little boy who _almost_ cried because he had _no_ +Christmas present. He was a good boy too. He would have been pleased +with any thing; and it was too bad that Santa Claus forgot to bring some +little gift for him. + +The queerest case, though, is that of the little boy whose picture we +have here. You see him just as he looked on Christmas morning, with his +presents all around him; and yet you see he does not look happy. What +can be the matter with the child? + +Ah! the trouble is, that he has too many presents. He has so many that +he doesn't know what to do with them. He doesn't know which to play with +first. He is afraid all the time that some of them will get lost. And +so, by trying to enjoy them all at once, he fails to enjoy them at all. + +Poor boy! he is having a hard time of it, and I pity him very much. If I +were going to prescribe for him, this is what I should say, "Tom, my +boy" (I know by his looks that his name is Tom), "don't be cast down. +I'll show you the way out of your trouble. Your case is pretty bad; but +there's a remedy. What you want to do is to _give away_ something. + +"Now, there's that doll that you are hugging so closely. What does a boy +like you want of a doll? That must have been meant for some little girl. +It was sent to you on purpose to give away. Of course it was. + +"Then there are those two wagons. You don't want both of them. You know +you don't. Find the boy who hadn't any Christmas presents, and give one +of the wagons to him. Let that wooden soldier go with it; for what do +you want of a soldier, when you have a gun of your own? + +"And what if you should give away something that you do want very much; +why, it wouldn't hurt you a bit: you would feel all the better for it. +Just try now, Tom, and see if you wouldn't." + +Perhaps the little boy would take my advice; and perhaps he wouldn't, +but, if he should, I'm sure he would make a much more cheerful picture +than he does now. + + UNCLE SAM. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + + + + +THE DOG AND THE SHADOW. + + +A DOG, crossing a bridge with a piece of meat in his mouth, saw in the +water what he took to be another dog, with a piece of meat twice the +size of his own. Letting go his own, he flew at the other dog to get the +larger piece from him. He thus lost both,--that which he grasped at in +the water, because it was a shadow; and his own, because the stream +swept it away. + +[Illustration: Music] + + + + +JACK & GILL + +Old Nursery Rhyme extended. + +Music by T. CRAMPTON. + + + VOICE + + AND + + PIANO + + 1. Jack and Jill went up the hill + To fetch a pail of water; + Jack fell down and broke his crown, + And Jill came tumbling after. + Jack got up and said to Jill-- + As in his arms he caught her-- + "If you're not hurt, wipe off the dirt, + And then we'll fetch the water." + + 2. Jack and Jill went round the hill + To tend the geese and gander, + But strolled away to sport and play, + And left the geese to wander: + A fox came down and pounced on one, + And stole it for his dinner. + While Jill and Jack came running back, + But Foxy was the winner. + + 3. Jack and Jill went down the hill + To scare away the crows there: + Jack fired his gun, and soon killed one, + But blew off his own nose there. + Says Jill, "Good luck, my darling Jack! + I'll go and fetch your master; + And don't suppose you've lost your nose, + We'll stick it on with plaster." + + * * * * * + +Transcriber's Notes: + +Obvious punctuation errors repaired. + +This issue was part of an omnibus. The original text for this issue did +not include a title page or table of contents. This was taken from the +January issue with the "No." added. The original table of contents +covered the first six months of 1873. 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